Chapman v. Phillips

BLACKBIRD, Justice.

This is an original proceeding for a writ of prohibition to prevent the respondent District Judge or Court from trying Cause No. 14421, filed in said Court by one E. H. King, as plaintiff, and now pending there, against the applicant or plaintiff herein. The applicant and said District Judge will hereinafter be referred to as petitioner and respondent, respectively.

Some of the facts which constitute the background of the present controversy (as alleged in the pleadings herein) are substantially as follows: Petitioner and one, T. C. Butts, a resident of Red River County,…